James II

noun

1. 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and Scotland 1685–88 (son of Charles I of England).

James II

noun

1. James II14301460MScottishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1430–60, king of Scotland (1437–60), son of James I
2. James II16331701MBritishPOLITICS: hereditary ruler 1633–1701, king of England, Ireland, and, as James VII, of Scotland (1685–88); son of Charles I. His pro-Catholic sympathies and arbitrary rule caused the Whigs and Tories to unite in inviting his eldest surviving daughter, Mary, and her husband, William of Orange, to take the throne as joint monarchs. James was defeated at the Boyne (1690) when he attempted to regain the throne

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The date commemorates the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Protestant King William III - also known as King Billy and William of Orange - defeated Catholic King James II.

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It took place against the background of an attempt by the deposed Catholic King James II to regain his crown from his Protestant son-in-law, King William III.

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Prince Charles Edward Stuart was the grandson of James II, who was King of England in 1685.

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Until James II in the 17th Century, the monarch also used to wash the feet of the poor, in an echo of Jesus washing the feet of the apostles at the Last Supper.

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The Twelfth of July is an annual commemoration of King William III's victory over King James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.

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